List of some Sri Lankan cases on freedom of expression and media freedoms

1. Dr. Neville  Fernando, and others vs. Liyanage and others
2. Jayantha Finance and Investments Ltd, vs. Liyanage and others, [1983] 2 SriLR 111
3. Visualingam and others vs. Liyanage and others, [1983] 2 SriLR  311
4. Visualingam and others vs. Liyanage and others(2), [1984] 1 SriLR 305
5. Malalgoda vs Attorney-General and another, [1982] 2 SriLR 777
6. Hewamanne vs de Silva and another, [1983] 1 SriLR 1
7. Ratnasara thero v Udugampola, [1983] 1 SriLR 461
8. Mallawarachchi v. Seneviratne, oic police station Kollupitiya and others, [1992] 1 SriLR 181
9. Mahinda Rajapakse vs. Kudahetti and others, [1992] 2 SriLR 223
10. Mohittige and others vs. Gunatilleke and others, [1992] 2 SriLR 246
11. Amaratunga vs. Sirimal and others (Jana ghosha case), [1993] 1 SriLR 264
12. Channa Pieris and others vs. Attorney General and others (Ratawesi Peramuna case), [1994] 1 SriLR 01
13. Abeyratne v. Gunatilake and others, [1994] 2 SriLR 294
14. Deshapriya and another vs. Municipal council, Nuwara Eliya and others, [1995] 1 SriLR 362
15. Wickramasinghe vs. Edmund Jayasinghe, Secretary, Ministry of media, tourism and aviation, [1995] 1 SriLR 300
16. De Silva and others v Jeyaraj Fernandopulle and others, [1996] 1 SriLR 22
17. Fernando v the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation and others, [1996]1 SriLR 157
18. Gamini Atukorale and others vs  T P F de Silva, IGP and others, [1996] 1 SriLR 280
19. Marian and another v Upasena, [1998] 3 SriLR 177
20. Victor Ivon v Sarath N. Silva,  Attorney-General and another, 1998 [1] SriLR 340
21. Sumith Jayantha Dias vs. Reggie Ranatunga, Deputy Minister of Transport, environment and women's affairs and others,  sc no. 98/97.scm 17/12/1998
22. Karunathilaka and another v Dayananda Dissanayake, Commissioner of Elections and others, (case no. 1) 1999[1] slr, 151
23. Edward Oswald Bennet Rathnayake  vs. The Sri Lanka Rrupavahini Corporation and others, sc application 867/96, decided on 11th June 1998
24. Sunila Abeysekera vs Ariya Rubasinghe, competent authority and others, s. C. Application no. 994/99, decided on 15th May 2000.
25. Leader Publications (pvt) ltd vs Ariya Rubasinghe, Director of Information and competent authority and others, sc (fr) no. 362/2000, decided on June 30, 2000.
26. Sothilingum Thavaneethan vs. Dayananda Dissanayake, Commissioner of Elections and others, sc(fr) application 20/2002, decided on 25th March 2003
27. Environmental Foundation v Urban Development Authority and others, sc application 47/2004, scm 22.11.2005

 
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